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A New Detroit Coffee Shop Uses Bots And Looks Like a Laboratory

A New Detroit Coffee Shop Uses Bots And Looks Like a Laboratory | Heron | Scoop.it
The Roasting Plant makes coffee without human hands. A bot sucks up the appropriate beans from various clear tubes in the center of the store and sends them through the grinder.
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Scientists Put Backpacks on Dragonflies to Track Their Brains in Flight | Wired Science | Wired.com

Scientists Put Backpacks on Dragonflies to Track Their Brains in Flight | Wired Science | Wired.com | Heron | Scoop.it
The brain of a dragonfly has to do some serious calculations -- and fast -- if it hopes to nab a mosquito or midge in midair.
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Horst Kiechle - Amorphous Constructions - Paper Torso

General info, templates and instructions to build an anatomically correct paper torso with removable organs
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Dynamic target tracking camera system keeps its eye on the ball « Akihabara News

Dynamic target tracking camera system keeps its eye on the ball « Akihabara News | Heron | Scoop.it

Also, by connecting a projector instead of a recording device, images can be projected onto a fast-moving object. This could also be used in AR applications, showing interactive content on moving objects.

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Transmission vidéo sans fil de Raspberry Pi à Android - Brico bidules

Transmission vidéo sans fil de Raspberry Pi à Android - Brico bidules | Heron | Scoop.it
Le streaming vidéo embarqué a longtemps coûté cher et nécessité du matériel haut de gamme. Ce temps est révolu : le Raspberry Pi est désormais capable d'envoyer le flux vidéo
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The Smart Citizen Kit Open Environmental Monitoring Platform

The Smart Citizen Kit Open Environmental Monitoring Platform | Heron | Scoop.it
There's still time to get in on the launch of the Smart Citizen sensor and data platform; their fully-funded Kickstarter ends on Sunday. The Smart Citizen Kit looks to be one of the more polished e...
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BrickPi: LEGO® Bricks with a Raspberry Pi Brain

BrickPi turns your Raspberry Pi into a LEGO® robot. Your credit card sized computer enters the physical world.
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Arduino Blog » Blog Archive » A scary project: diy animatronic eyes

Arduino Blog » Blog Archive » A scary project: diy animatronic eyes | Heron | Scoop.it

Thanks to Lance who created a project on Instructables,  you’ll be able to create remote-controlled eyes using Arduino Uno, two servos, some plexiglass and a couple of doll’s eyes

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Dualo du-touch, un nouvel instrument de musique

Dualo du-touch, un nouvel instrument de musique | Heron | Scoop.it
Inventons ensemble le futur de la musique ! Un instrument Intuitif, ludique, complet et portable, pour les pro comme pour les débutants.
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Artificially Intelligent Legos Lure Next Generation : DNews

Artificially Intelligent Legos Lure Next Generation : DNews | Heron | Scoop.it
On-board cameras, motion-tracking Legobots and simulated minefields bring classic toys into the 21st Century. Continue reading → (Ever thought when you were a kid your Legos needed a motor? These new blocks might be coming to you soon!
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Lomography Konstruktor Is A Camera You'll Wanna Build | DIYPhotography.net

Lomography Konstruktor Is A Camera You'll Wanna Build | DIYPhotography.net | Heron | Scoop.it

I guess there is not much that can beat a camera that is both analog and down right fully DIYed.

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Students submerge bots for testing at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab - Your Houston News

Students submerge bots for testing at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab - Your Houston News | Heron | Scoop.it
Students submerge bots for testing at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab
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Students submerge bots for testing at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
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Holtzapffel & Company Rose Engine Lathe No. 1636 and Cabinet of Accessories | Sale Number 2623M, Lot Number 232 | Skinner Auctioneers

Holtzapffel & Company Rose Engine Lathe No. 1636 and Cabinet of Accessories | Sale Number 2623M, Lot Number 232 | Skinner Auctioneers | Heron | Scoop.it

Holtzapffel & Company Rose Engine Lathe No. 1636 and Cabinet of Accessories, London, 1838, the mahogany bench with six inch center lathe, two-part traversing mandrel fitted with eighteen rosettes and index ring, brass drive pulley and side-mounted cast iron drive wheel, wooden treadle and overhead "Evans type" motion, 45-in.

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The Automata Blog: Babylon Vampire: blood-drinking automaton by Thomas Kuntz

The Automata Blog: Babylon Vampire: blood-drinking automaton by Thomas Kuntz | Heron | Scoop.it

Check out this macabre blood drinking automaton by master automaton-maker, Thomas Kuntz.

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Monochrom: 20 years' worth of Viennese art-weirdness

Monochrom: 20 years' worth of Viennese art-weirdness | Heron | Scoop.it
Johannes from the Austrian art weirdos Monochrom sez, "As we are currently celebrating 20 years of monochrom, we were confronted with the problem of how to (re)present our history.
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Art of the Brick: Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO Solo Show in New York | Colossal

Art of the Brick: Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO Solo Show in New York | Colossal | Heron | Scoop.it
Hauntingly beautiful sculptures made from Legos are on display in Times Square: http://t.co/LmJoo6KpWq
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Japanese Robots: On DARPA, SCHAFT, and the Peace Constitution (and bad reporting) « Akihabara News

Japanese Robots: On DARPA, SCHAFT, and the Peace Constitution (and bad reporting) « Akihabara News | Heron | Scoop.it

One could reasonably assume Japan’s impressive array of supertech humanoid robots would swarm the inspired-by-Fukushima DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), but Tokyo University spin-off SCHAFT Robotics is it.

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3D Printed Ornithopter - Micro UAV Drone

3D Printed Ornithopter - Micro UAV Drone | Heron | Scoop.it
In the past couple years there has been quite a bit of activity into r&d of tiny insect/drone/ornithopter type vehicles. Two intriguing designs I've b...
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Martha Stewart: Unusual Automata Toys with Richard Garriott

It seems to me that I've reported on the fact that Richard Garriott's various automata and toys were featured on the Martha Stewart Show during its fifth season (in 2010). The videos — there are two segments, the first (linked ...
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Eu julgava que nunca iria aqui colocar um link para a MS (a outra)

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Texas Instruments: #TIWorkbench Microcontroller: Energy harvesting battery-less MSP430FR5969 (Wolverine) wireless sensor with on-chip signal processing and data logging. - element14

#TIWorkbench Microcontroller:   Energy harvesting battery-less MSP430FR5969 (Wolverine) wireless sensor with on-chip signal processing and data logging.  We are leveraging Wolverine FRAM
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Building my Own Laptop « bunnie's blog

Building my Own Laptop « bunnie's blog | Heron | Scoop.it
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Haunted Mansion Backstage

Haunted Mansion Backstage | Heron | Scoop.it
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Linkbot, Create with Robots

Easy to hack, Arduino-compatible robot loaded with absolute encoding, accelerometer, rechargeable battery and ZigBee.
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Check out these programmable Lego bots from Sony - VentureBeat

Check out these programmable Lego bots from Sony
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The Toy Alive bots are controlled with Sony Playstation controllers. Like most basic robotics toys, Toy Alive contains LED components and small motors.
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Vencer Supercar to Make UK Debut > ENGINEERING.com

Vencer Supercar to Make UK Debut > ENGINEERING.com | Heron | Scoop.it

For the past eight years the UKs premier boutique auto event has been the Salon Privé.

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Floating robotic spheres will be used to play games in space next year

Floating robotic spheres will be used to play games in space next year | Heron | Scoop.it
The European Space Agency and MIT is setting up a tournament where students can earn points by controlling the movement of volleyball-sized spheres located inside the International Space Station.
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